'adjacent' definitions:
Definition of 'adjacent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side" [syn: adjacent, next, side by side(p)]
adjective
Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" [syn: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(a)]
adjective
Near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"
Synonyms of 'adjacent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abutting,
- adjoining,
- attached,
- bordering,
- close-by,
- closest,
- connected,
- connecting,
- consecutive,
- conterminous,
- contiguous,
- coterminous,
- end to end,
- endways,
- endwise,
- face to face,
- handy,
- immediate,
- joined,
- juxtaposed,
- juxtapositional,
- juxtapositive,
- linked,
- nearby,
- nearest,
- neighbor,
- neighboring,
- next,
- successive,
- touching